A81199:1157
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is a threefold scope held forth about these words.
First, As if Job did here deplore his fruitless pains, in wishing for his appearing before God, and in appealing to his Tribunal; for as yet he saw himself unanswered and frustrated in his expectation; God did not appear to him in his troubles, nor declare his purpose towards him.1
First, As if Job did here deplore his fruitles paines, in wishing for his appearing before God, and in appealing to his Tribunal; for as yet he saw himselfe unanswered and frustrated in his expectation; God did not appeare to him in his troubles, nor declare his purpose towards him.1
- 1Declarat Job se non posse ratione humana, per res naturals (quas per quatuor mundi plagas significat) cognoscere certò & clare rations divinorum judiciorum. Pined.Declarat Job se non posse ratione humana, per res naturales (quas per quatuor mundi plagas significat) cognoscere certò & clare rationes divinorum judiciorum. Pined.
Secondly, His scope may be to assert the hiddenness of the ways of God, or that the ways of God are not to be found out, nor understood by all the pains and industry, by all the endeavours and disquisitions of man; let him turn himself which way he will, East or West, North or South, yet he must say, I cannot behold him.
Secondly, His scope may be to assert the hiddennes of the wayes of God, or that the wayes of God are not to be found out, nor understood by all the paines and industry, by all the endeavours and disquisitions of man; let him turne himselfe which way he will, East or West, North or South, yet he must say, I cannot behold him.